AJ 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sexual Assault, General Motors, Snc-Lavalin

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 014
• Professor: ahle

Document Summary

Sexual assault: an assault of a sexual nature, including assaults committed by individuals of the same sex or assaults committed against one"s spouse. Bill c-127 changes in substantive law. Rape was replaced with 3 degrees of sexual assault. Level 1 victim suffers least physical injury (hybrid offence max. Level 2 involves the (threat of) use of a weapon, or bodily harm (max. Level 3 involves wounding disfiguring, or endangering the life of victim (max. life) Robbery: an act of theft that also involves violence or the threat of violence. 8x more likely in urban area than countryside. Places with high robbery rates have high murder rates. Assault: a crime of violence that can range from a relatively minor act (level 1) to a serious crime resulting in severe bodily harm (level 3) Homicide: directly or indirectly by any means, causes the death of a human being (not culpable vs culpable)